Marriage

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I remember back in grade school when recess came around, how I dreaded when we had to play team games on the playground.

For when teams were picked, I knew who the last one would be, the one with no athletic skills at all, that was me.

It was such an awful feeling to stand there alone; that feeling of being unwanted stayed with me long after I was grown.

The talents I had were not the ones valued by the kids that I knew, so I hid in the background creating a world of daydreams to which I flew.

In that world I was accepted, no one made fun of me, I could love being in school, reading books, content just to be.

On the outside I was just a child with not much to say, preferring to read by myself than to go out to play - the walls I built back then were thick and tall, and behind them I hid, safe and protected from them all.

Even after I was grown, these fears stayed with me; I would not try if I thought I was going to fail, and each little rejection that I felt added to the walls, and I hid behind them, growing more and more frail.

Then one day I met Jesus, who gave me new eyes with which to see that I was precious to Him, for He had chosen me!

Instead of being the last one in the game, Jesus had picked me first, and called me out by name - He gently took my fears and threw them away, and taught me that in Him there was a brand new way - that in Him there was nothing I could not try, and with His help I found the courage to fly.

As time passed, I learned that even dreams could come true, for He gave me the world when I met you.

Now I thank God each day for rescuing me, for without knowing how I was tied up.

I could now appreciate the joy of being free - everything that came before, everything that I knew, was just a preparation for being able to love you.

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